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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Rate of toll.	Sec. 145. And be it enacted. That any corpora- tion authorized by Section one hundred and forty of this Article, to construct the railroad therein mentioned, may charge any citizen or corporation connecting with its said railroad, when using their own cars, a rate not exceeding two cents per ton per mile, on all coal or other articles that may be transported on the railroads of said corporation from any point on said road to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, or to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road, or other lines of canals and railroads; pro- vided, that the said corporation shall return the empty cars of such citizen or corporation to the point from whence they started free of charge.
Regulations.	Sec. 146. And be it enacted, That no oars shall be placed on any railroad of any corporation as aforesaid, unless they be adapted in size, and all necessary particulars, to said railroad, in accord- ance with the regulations of the said corporation, which shall always provide the necessary motive power for running said cars, and the said cars shall be in the exclusive care and charge of said corporation whilst oa its railroad.
Mining roads.	Sec. 147. And be it enacted, That no railroad built by any mining or other corporation formed under this Article shall be more than ten miles in length.
Transporta- tion.	See. 148. And be it enacted? That every railroad constructed under the provisions of this Article- shall provide all necessary mealis of and transport all persons and property that may be offered for transportation on its said railroad, and in all cases other than those provided for in Section one hun- dred and forty-five of this Article, or in all cases, in which the said corporation furnishes the said cars and motive power, and is subject to all the expenses of transportation, it shall be authorized to charge rates not exceeding two and a half cents per ton per mile on all coal or other articles, and two cents per mile for every passenger that may be transported on said road.
Will's Moun- tain.	Sec. 149, And be it enacted, That any railroad that may hereafter be constructed or purchased by any corporation formed under this Article, shall be so located or used as to occupy as little space at the passage through the gap at Will's Mountain, near